Craig spent 21 years in the Marine Corps obtaining the rank of Master Sergeant. During his time in the Corps, Craig was able to train with some of the Marine Corps elite units including 2nd ANGLICO, 2nd Recon BN, 2nd Force Recon Co, and 3rd Recon BN. Craig was a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) Instructor and taught these techniques to members of the 3rd Recon Bn. While stationed in Okinawa Craig taught Sentry Stalking and Silent Kill Techniques along with Close Combat Instruction to many Marines.

While Craig was going to the VA for medical visits, one of his doctors recommended that he research organizations that provides service dogs to Veterans. Craig selected an organization and went through their training, education, and meetings and was then notified that he had been selected as a service dog recipient.  In May of 2020, Guardian Angel Medical Service Dogs brought a group of dogs to Western Pennsylvania, where Craig was paired with Foxy and they haven’t been separated since. 

Foxy has alerted or helped Craig in multiple events including:

• Waking Craig during a fire in his building so they could leave the building.
• Alerting when Craig had internal bleeding.
• Waking and helping him through night terrors.
• Assisting him to get back home while on a walk and him having severe vertigo. By using the home command she helped him balanced and led him back to his apartment.